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W h e n \ O ld K r is ” D o e s t h e J o b ^ ?LsV ^ *C S W S iH .V ffìfiK S > X ^ < \.W > 0 W % nA%%W»%VVV,A V V Ì “> t W « i Presents IDere at the IProng Door By CHRISTOPHER Q. HAZARD Postman's WJtg HO cnn tell Mistake Resulted W '' hilttl is .°\ - iffi. the other side in a Happy of a <1 o o r? Christmas for the This one fronted on Peters \Families 11 idensant street and seemed to In vite one into n hnppy home. Its plate said that I*. I'eters lived there, and the door mat said “Welcome.\ lint Mrs. I’eters and the children would have hoen rather dismayed that winter day had visitors rung the door hell, for tilings were not finite nil right with the Peters family. The cuckoo, from his perch In the clock, announced the hours with ids customary cheerfulness ami polite how, Init failed to dissipate tin* atmosphere of gloom that seemed to till the house like a fog. The voice in the kitchen, ordinarily of a jolly character, hud sunk into a minor key and sent out ¡1 sort of S. O. S. message in the words of the old song: “Moon run rlown to de settln\ ob tie Bun And de sun refuse to shine.\ hearing the same name as the one men tioned by Uncle Joshua. “I didn’t know there was a Peters hoy In the next block,\ said his mother; “I’ll go down and see if they can tell us any thing about our bundle.” They could, and the mystery was very easily solved by the explanation of the postman at the wrong door, making n very pardonable mistake, ,\n explanation that led indeed to a redistribution of gifts and also to a discovery of relationships, for the Pe ters' families found each other out, ns less thnn n block apart In family ties and friendliness. A discovery that was the very best Christmas gift that t hey could have had and which led them to think that the wrong door was al right after all. It proved n way out for the P. Pe terses and a way in for the Paul Pe terses until Pa Peters of the first part put In an appearance through it in time for New Year’s with such an account of himself and his adventures as proved highly satisfactory to all the combined hopes and plans of all the Peterses. (©, 1023, Vr*w*T>ruipr Union > BS&isS HER CHRISTMAS TRIP The sunset in the Peters’ home had been caused by the cutting off of their s u p p l y t r a i n . Three months had p a s s e d without word or remit tance from t h e ltead of the fam ily. Tills added t lie perils of pov erty to the pains of absence and made the Christ mas outlook de c i d e d l y shady. Young Peters add ed to his mother’s anxiety by re marking that ids dad’s business trip must have been lilt “>v a submarine or something, while his sister intensified the situation by wondering aloud if they would over see 1 1 im again. Both of these augurlc.s so unsulted to Christmas Eve, were interrupted, however, by the arrival of the parcel postman and the deposit of an im mense and promising package, bear ing in large letters a direction to Mrs. P. Peters With no clue as to The sender the family naturally concluded the various and valuable assortment that was revealed to investigation to he an evidence of fatherly consider ation and (lie advance agent of tiie returning traveler. Joy came out with all the other tilings, and cheer took the ¡dace of chagrin. Farther up the street and behind a .toor hearing the name of Paul Peters there was another household that was not ns sunny as it should have been. A Setter had come—hut a bundle had failed to come. The letter a program of delight, the , bundle a disappoint ment. Uncle Joshua had known their wants by a marvelous Instinct, hut where was the bundle? Alas I the oth er things were as nothing for the lack of it and Christmas morning dawned upon discontent. But before the morning had quite disappeared Fred came rushing In with the news that he had seen that Peters boy In the next block with a sled The family wore going away for Christmas to their old home in the beautiful country which they loved so much. They hadn’t gone back at Christinas time for ever and ever so long. They said, at first, they would give their faithful, wonderful cook a check and a holiday, and then they asked her If she would like the Christmas trip as her Christmas present. Would she indeed? Just because she was no longer a child It didn’t mean that she couldn't enjoy as a child i Site went and she loved it all—oven the over-crowded trains, the hurrying masses of people in the jammed sta tions—for( wasn’t It her Christmas trip? She, too. was a part of the great holiday travel!—M. G. Bonner. ((c). 1923, Wejitprn N’^wspnppr Union.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ THAT MONEY QUESTION Unfortunately, those who have the most Christmas spirit to make others hnppy are shy of funds; and prob ably if they had the funds, they’d he shy of the spirit. The reason lots of folks have piles of money is be cause they are careful about spending if. jæsggiiCg CARRYING IT TOO FAR “It was so sweet of you to bring me these kisses for Christmas.” “I expected you’d stand under the mistletoe when I gave them to you.” Violet and Heir; Christmas Catch V c H A R D B A R N E . S By ETHEL AUGUSTA COOK Girl’s Kindness and Understand ing Appealed to Handsome Young Dick Barnes Aunt Sophia Played Clever across th e ' hall at Aunt Sophia ho suddenly understood. ■ Well. Violet had always known be was the best comrade and the most understanding a girl could ever have whether he was ever to be more or not. Now he justi fied that faith.- \Good for you.\ he whispered back, and together they went over to Aunt was th*» \best j .Sophia. But Aunt Sophia would not catch” in \Vil- j ]lf>ar of It. “No indeed. Anyway, raov- llumsviile. A t, mg pictures are hard on my eyes.” least that is what j \But you know we couldn’t get a tiie mothers of un- Pf>ilt at tills last hour for the musical married maidens 1 sj)0\v,’’ Richard expiainen. “And any- there told them-1 way, if we did, you couldn’t sit with selves and some-J us. We want you to sit with us!” Part by Supplying times each other. | With vvliat gratitude Aunt Sophia’s 1 Dinner Party Hut what is more, 1 eyes beamed at that. “No, of course tiie maidens them- j you couldn’t get a seat there,” she selves thought so. And Violet Mar-I agreed. “And I wouldn’t let you if you tin, who was neither the prettiest, cor \ could, you generous young man! But the richest, nor tiie cleverest of tiie j I will tell you what I will do. I’ll get maidens, agreed with them In tliei^ es-; 1 ¡mate of the big, handsome, wealthy lei low. But it was, with her, not his riches, or his good looks, or even hts great popularity that gave her tills thought. No, it was a feeling she had for tiie whole two years sine he 1 had come to Wiilinmsvilie, that he | would make one of tiie hest comrades j in the world. She understood his spe-! cial sense of humor. She loved, h ls1 a ugh. Violet Martin wns honestly in ove with this big, congenial boy. Richard was in love with Violet, too. • Ie was quite certain of that. But he vas spoiled. Anyone would bq spoiled who vvus adored as Richard w a s; idored You see, it was not only tiie girls—there was his mother who had spoiled him from infancy. That is why Richard, although he knew he loved tills gi ’ who wasn’t tiie prettiest, nor tiie richest, nor,the wisest in Wil- liamsvllle—no, not by far, had not quite come tc the point of proposing. For Violet, who was honestly in love with him (r.ot like the others who were in love with the idea of perhaps being lov^d by tills hero) dared not show her adoration. No. she dared only be as frank and comrudelj’ as a hoy, and treat him like an equal. And Richard was a little put out with this. Any reflection of himself in n girl’s eyes short of a hero’s reflec tion made him feel strange. Besides, he wusn’t sure it wns pos sible for a man to be ir. love with n 1 lady unless she was in love with him. He had pride, too. I But Christmns night the drama came to Its crisis. 1 Violet had agreed to go to a musical comedy with him, a good show that had been a success in New York, and wns in Williainsvllle just this one ... . , . night. All tiie Wiiliamsville youths .H f .„.1 Ln “ ,0me fr° m AUnt would be there with their ladies, and , But perh VIoIet was one of the Richard, deep in his heart was g ad . wIgest after nlI. For Ulchlird stm rha they were to see I, ni w th Violet. thlnlM lt WM partI at Ieust> her don’t know why I feel this in- kinc]ness tl)nt mafle her tJlke “That is Why That Was the Night Ho Chose for Proposing.” up a little supper for you two if you’ll come In after the theater, and you may bring some of your friends. Tlmi will be splendid. I’ll have a merry evening, truly, getting ready for you.\ And she really would. Her face told them that. For even better than gayety on Christmas night, is tiie op portunity to do a loving thing foi someone dear to you. And Violet was denr to Aunt Sophia, and Dick soon would be I At the theater Dick suddenly told himself, “I know what it is about Violet that makes her sweeter to my feeling than all tiie other girls put together! It’s because she’s the kind est. And perhaps she’l: be kind to me and take me even If she’s not so all-fired in love I” And that is why that wni the night lie chose for proposing. ordinate pride In lier,” he told hhn- (©. 1923, Western Nowspuper Union ) ‘Let’s Go to the ‘Movies’ Instead,\ She Whispered Eagerly. self. “There are prettier girls, and as jolly. And girls that are nicer to me. loo. But it’s Violet I’d rather he seen with tlm». any of ’em.\ When he called for her the whole family was sitting around tiie open fire in the big front parlor. Evident ly they had had a family Christinas dinner, for Violet’s aunt and uncle and i her cousins were still there, and un married .»unt Sopliln. | “Time to start for the theater?’ | Violet’s father exclaimed in amaze- , ment when he saw Riclinrd. \Well we’d better get our tilings on, too.\ 1 It seemed that not only youth was , going to tiie musical comedy. But 1 Aunt Sophia was not going. She laid not thought to get herself a ticket, and apparently no one had thought for her Aunt Mnud was going with her hus band. The young cousins were going ! with their beaux. Mrs. Martin with Mr. Martin. And Violet was going with Dick. | Aunt Sophia until this minute had ; not realized how lonely a Christmas; night she hud In store for herself at ’ Inline in her tiny apartment. She ’ stood now, gazing about almost like v child afraid of sudden loneliness But no one noticed rhe look, an* Sophia had never meant they sliouii' Oil. yes. Someone had noticed. Vh let’s clear eyes had caught it flu with a pang at her heart understom Why lmdn’t father planned somethin for Sophia for tonight? Why Imdn ho got a sent for her.? How coni her dear blessed parents be S' thoughtless? Why, Aunt Sophia wn.* mother’s own sister. “And moihei never seemed to guess how dreary it must be on Christinas Eve—” Violet hushed her criticism of her parents and took action herself. No other girl In Wiiliamsville, it is safe to say, would have done what she did then. “Let’s go to the ‘movies’ instead,\ she whispered eagerly and quickly ii. Richard’s ear, “and take Aunt Sophia with us.\ v Richard was amazed, and disap pointed. But when he had looked A CHRISTMAS THOUGHT Tiie greater happiness of tiie Christ mas season is a direct result of tin* greater participation of men and wo-, men in the spirit of Christ. For then weakness has a power over strength. and then the laughter In the'eyes of little children seems a better thing than our ovn good; and then tiie tired routine In tiie lives of those uround lis looks out upon us through enigmatic eyes, and we understand better, we pity, we cease to condemn—we would even ameliorate, we would show that we see and understand—and so we offer the dumb gift which mutely tells what our words could never tell ; and then in our hearts, in our households. In our little world, there is Christum.- joy and pence—earth's highest huppi ness.—Sister M. Fides Sheppersnn in Pittsburgh Dispatch. CHRISTMAS CANDLES It is a pleasant custom, when the Christmns tree is lighted and Its man* candles fail to give all tiie needed cheer, to light a candle from Its tires and give the taller candies on tiie shelf and on the table a share in the hnppy illumination—C. G. Hazard (© . 1923. Western Newspaper Union 1 The Land of Christmas Trees By Grace May N orth in Youth’s Companion 3 ’it Ukc to fatò ilfr rountrg tuff*« IrrpH o f GUjristmofl groin; 3 t ongljt to b r a pin* ntoob mtllf ranklrs all agiota. Âuk if 3 {¡ab a basket, 3 ’m sure tifai Äanta^b sag, \diasi plrk os nwag presenta as goti ran take Garagi” SAY “ BAYER” when you buy-^^tulne Proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for Colds Headache Neuralgia Lumbago Pain- .Toothache Neuritis Rheumatism Accept only “Bayer” package which contains proven direHionsb. Handy “Bayer” boxes of 12 tablets Also bottles of 24 and 100—Druggists. Aspirin la the traflo mark of Boyer Mailofactnra of Monoacctlcaddester of Sallcyllcadd Hls Reply. “Oh, Gee!” ejaculated Helolse, the waitress of the Rapid-fire restaurant, who had accidentally spilled the ketchup on the trousers of a customer. “I didn’t go to do it. I’m sorry, mis ter !” “Aw, that’s all right, mom!” courte ously answered Sandstorm Smith of Rampage, who was dining there. \You see, these hain.’t my other pants.\— Country Gentleman. Another. Bank flun. It was evening in ^ dear old Chekko- slovalria. Trie lights were dim. Sud-. denly a man came running out of a side street. “What is the matter?” asked a curi ous policeman. “I am frightened,\ said the runner. \What has frightened you?” in quired the curious policeman. “I just passed a bad Chekk,” re plied the runner.—Royal Gaboon. ( M è r e ! 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